ISLAMABAD: A judicial magistrate on Sunday ordered Dr Shehla Shakeel Sethi to be sent to jail on judicial remand for threatening police personnel for not allowing her into the diplomatic enclave. Dr Shehla Shakeel Sethi appeared before the magistrate earlier on Sunday, who rejected her lawyer’s plea for bail and sent her on a 14-day judicial remand. Her lawyer had argued that the clauses mentioned in the First Information Report were bailable. “My client is a heart patient and under pressure. Her mental health can be affected,” he said, adding that “police officers instead of helping out pressurised her”. Judge Adnan Rasheed however rejected the lawyer’s plea and directed the investigation officer to conduct a medical test of Dr Shakeel Sethi. “If the medical test confirms your client is healthy, she will be sent to jail,” the judge remarked. He added, “If the doctor recommends otherwise after the medical test, then you can admit her into a hospital.” Police on Sunday arrested Dr Sethi for threatening police personnel in the federal capital, for not allowing her into a diplomatic enclave on October 17. According to police details, “Dr Sethi has been shifted to the female police station after being arrested from her residence in Chaklala. She will be presented before the duty magistrate today.” On Saturday, Assistant Sub-Inspector Police Tahir Farooq had registered the FIR in the Secretariat Police Station against the woman after she threatened police personnel and hurled life threats when he tried to stop her from entering with a vehicle without a number plate. Earlier, Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi had ordered Islamabad police to take action against the woman. In a statement on Sunday, he said no one is above the law in naya Pakistan. He sought a report from police and directed to take action as per law. Dr Sethi is a United States-based doctor who had recently returned to Pakistan. A case was registered against Dr Sethi after she threatened police personnel and hurled abuses and life threats at them when they tried to stop her from entering with a car sans a number plate. An FIR was registered on behalf of Assistant Sub-Inspector Police Tahir Farooq in the Secretariat Police Station, however, she had been let go at the time due to the absence of a woman police officer. Minister of State for Interior Shehryar Afridi has taken notice of the incident and ordered action against the lady as per the law. He said there is no such thing as a VIP in ‘Naya Pakistan’ and everybody is answerable before the law. Published in Daily Times, October 22nd 2018.